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University technical college · sixth form · 464 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.6
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Beis Yaakov High School
- Pupils on roll
- 283of 275 places
- Free school meals
- 3.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 63
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 8 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Beis Yaakov High School (URN 134196, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Beis Yaakov High School has no sixth form. Of the 66 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 79% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.3 against 46.1 across England and 42.9 in Salford, with 46% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Salford and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Beis Yaakov High School | Salford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 66 | 2,558 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 85% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 78% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 2% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 16% | 13% |
| — further education college | 79% | 57% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 10% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 12% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Beis Yaakov High School | Salford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.3 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 30% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.43 | 3.77 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 3% | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 35.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 48.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 19% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 62 | 98% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 84% |
| Mathematics | 61 | 97% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 87% |
| English Literature | 61 | 97% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 79% |
| Modern Hebrew | 51 | 81% | 0% | 65% | 83% | 96% |
| Combined Science | 44 | 70% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 73% |
| Business Studies | 36 | 57% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 72% |
| Other Classical Languages | 24 | 38% | 0% | 29% | 54% | 83% |
| Fine Art | 22 | 35% | 9% | 86% | 28% | 95% |
| History | 21 | 33% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 81% |
| Physics | 15 | 24% | 23% | 40% | 46% | 93% |
| Biology | 15 | 24% | 23% | 60% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 15 | 24% | 23% | 40% | 47% | 93% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 10 | 16% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 70% |
| Textiles | 7 | 11% | 2% | 43% | 27% | 100% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 7 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.